Packaged Love
My hermit crab flash featured in Issue 22 of Bending Genres. Ingredients Two people (40%), sex (30-10%, the percentage decreases over time due to natural weight-gain), friendship (10-30%, the percentage…
Slawka G. Scarso
Short stories, poems and the odd travel note // Racconti, poesie, e qualche appunto di viaggio
Unsalted
My historical flash inspired by the tradition of unsalted bread in Tuscany, which started in the Middle Ages. First published by Sundial Magazine. Rumours spread fast, like the waters of…
Buffet People
My humour piece featured in Funny Pearls. I guess buffets will be the last thing to make a return after lockdown. If you think about it, they didn’t look safe…
The Day They Robbed the Hamburger Kiosk
My short story featured in Necessary Fiction. Summers were endless then. The few days spent by the seaside with my parents were followed by weeks of boredom. I have no…
The Waiting Room
The first lines from my short story first published in Fat Cat Magazine. Peter counted one hundred and twenty-one steps from the entrance to the director’s office. A couple less…
Italian Summer Drama With Open Windows
My short story featured in Street Cake Magazine – issue 71, part 2. 6 a.m. – The song of blackbirds and robins announcing the break of day.7 a.m. – The…
The Shape of Your Head
My short story featured in EllipsisZine. There’s a gap in my memory of that morning, and it ends in front of our house not long after sunrise. I have no…
The Life Cycle of a Cucumber
First published in Constellate Magazine. Seed People think birth is romantic. Nature is romantic. Truth is, someone spat you out last year during a barbeque party. You were part of a salad, or a…
The First Man on the Moon
This flash first appeared in Spelk Magazine in April 2018. Tom came up with the idea the summer he decided he’d be a filmmaker. He was fourteen then and so…
